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X THE BABUS OF NAYANJORE
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Once upon a time the Babus at Nayanjore were famous landholders. They were noted1 for their princely extravagance. They would tear off the rough border of their Dacca muslin, because it rubbed against their delicate skin. They could spend many thousands of rupees over the wedding of a kitten. And on a certain grand occasion it is alleged2 that in order to turn night into day they lighted numberless lamps and showered silver threads from the sky to imitate sunlight.
Those were the days before the flood. The flood came. The line of succession among these old-world Babus, with their lordly habits, could not continue for long. Like a lamp with too many wicks burning, the oil flared3 away quickly, and the light went out.
Kailas Babu, our neighbour, is the last relic4 of this extinct magnificence. Before he grew up, his family had very nearly reached its lowest ebb5. When his father died, there was one dazzling outburst of funeral extravagance, and then insolvency6. [Pg 204] The property was sold to liquidate7 the debt. What little ready money was left over was altogether insufficient8 to keep up the past ancestral splendours.
Kailas Babu left Nayanjore and came to Calcutta. His son did not remain long in this world of faded glory. He died, leaving behind him an only daughter.
In Calcutta we are Kailas Babu's neighbours. Curiously9 enough our own family history is just the opposite of his. My father got his money by his own exertions10
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